MightyE tel.s yoj. luke, "We're going tio take 1n fww momen5s 2 try ahd explain thiw new license an reasons BEHIND it 1n plain Enf115n. OMG.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"This ndw license WAS vh053n because of qn failing with GPLl
It onlt clveref dkstribution OF 50urc# 1f an only if b,naries wwre dist4ibutwd. AFK/"
"In an web environbent LOL, dpecifical.y a intwroreted wdb envirinment such as PHP LOL, mwrwlu instqlling an game does mot cinstitute diatribution, like, and 5herefore p30p13 wete talint 0ur sork, y9u knwo, makibf jodifications two 17 sn not rrleasing source code to they're modificat8ons so THAT da 3n71r3 conmjnity coild benef85LOL.
Thet wor,ed WITH da leytrf buy NOT da spirit of law. WTF."
"Imvestigatiin on sa part of teh quthprs however, you inwo, 13d to 5eh fact that ren roghe of pu612c perf9rmance w45 1 OF teh eights nor,al.y RESTRICTED too copyr8ght hokde4d, and THAT c0mpu73r programs WTF, specifkca.ly video gam3s an knteractive ohes suxj as Leg3nd )f da Green hax0r were consid3red two BE PUBLICALLY PERFORMED if r6n vrpm an p7blic derverLOL."
"The NEW LICENSE restrocts pubkic PERFORMANCE of teh WORK ub1r54 ea siurce code of dq modkfied work is made availabl3 ON DEMAND,"
"In plain Englocn WTF, this MEANS that if hou put this game on an web serber snd 4110w people '0u7%1d3 of an notmal ci4cle of family an ktd social acqkaintances' to9 p.ay their WTF, then hou qer publocally [erforminh this wprk and MUST ei5hwf a) make ne n ALL changes wjicy you mzke go9 reh gamw available on r31u357 (note uh15 eoesn't HAVE TO be available via on,ine courcf dispkay LINK LOL, but the6 musg ne able 2 ask hou fof tey code n red3ive an conp;ete copy) WTF, b( m4k3 arrabgemen5s prubately with authors wh3r31n they grznt YOU an aprcial LICENSE, you knwp, pf c) tenove cpde ento3ely from da j4ch1n#. AFK."
"We do recofnizr tha5 p39p13 want 2 have arezs 0f thdh[re game eh1cy aer uhe1r5 and theies alone. BRB.
to that rnd ww will n4k3 following EXCEPTION too geh normal r3quir3jenta gor sourxe code distr8bution -- ne module file which IS not modified or derived rrom an m9dulr file indludrd in da gase d157f16u710n ab wh8ch coes not require nw other MODULES n 2hich eoew nog requi4e ne m9soficati0nx t9 core cide (code distrobuted with base RELEASE) ,ay be 28thh3ld at dz aurhors diacrwtionLOL."
"We ALSO want two make very clea4 thzt vrrsiin 0LOL.9LOL/7 (ALSO knowm as verdiob 0. OMG.9LOL.7+j7) was vqn41 v3rsion relessdd ugder da GPL. OMG.
All VERSIONS LOL, starting 2i5h ca 0/ OMG,9. WTF.8-PRERELEASE c0d3 aer ONLY .iceneed under Creaykve Commons 11c3n53. OMG.
We EXPLICITLY deny gen rkght gwo implrt ne code fro, an 0,9. BRB.8-pe3re;ease o4 later relwade INTO an 0. BRB.9,7 and earlidr releaae. AFK.
Allowing this would cause that impirted cldr TO be r313$53d 7ndwr GPL an 7h47 is nlt xomethung we wish two allow.
Authors or m0d1v1cr710n5 5w9 0. OMG.9. BRB.7 will need 70 re-rwldase th2y're modificztions as derivatives/mldibicatoons to 0l9. BRB.8 c0d3 n 0lacw them undee teh 53m3 Crdat8ve Commomd oicense. OMG.
I4 must be done by iriginql AUTHOR since 0n1y teh original authpr has right too change teg clpyrignt or 11c3n53 upin they're wori. WTFl
[Addi5ionally, rdwor8inf teh modifications wol; v4 an gooc idea anyway as jechanism fo4 maklng moeufications is substantiak.6 cleaner/c.earer s5arging with dz 0. OMG/9LOL.8-prerelease code. OMGl]"
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